How many heat sources do you have?

[disabled.101]

I have a 75 Watt Red light on the top about halfway between the hot end and the center of the 20 gallon tank. Then I have a UTH regulated by a dimmer. Measuring temps with Acu-Rite.
The whole top is covered in Styrofoam but the UTH isn't strong enough to heat up the whole tank.

[starmom]

In all of my cages I have RHP's. They provide the warmth and bump the ambients quite nicely

In all of my racks I have flex watt and that does the trick

[Bruce Whitehead]

I keep my snake room in the low 80s with a thermostat and a space heater.

My colubrids are kept at room temps (low 80s) with no additional heat sources.

My BPs all have a hot end with ambient temps that are the same as the cool end.

My yearling to adult BPs have a hot end of 89-90 provided by flexwatt and an additional thermostat. A few of my bigger snakes have heat pads (exo terra) instead of heat tape (third thermostats). While my hatchlings have a hot end of 86-87 (fourth thermostat).

I would never put a bulb on a snake.

Too many thermostats I think?

Bruce

[bobbyd6929]

I would never put a bulb on a snake.

Why shouldnt I use the infrared bulb? I only picked it up to try it out

[ARamos8]

I use only one, I live in the south. My home is always 76-77 year round and the cool side is right at 80 with a hot side of 90.
Rack with flexwatt and herpstat for the win.

[771subliminal]

there is a billion ways to keep these animals so just test stuff out and see wat works for you and your animals

not sayin to try what you are sayin but you do have a point, just look at all the "wrong" way to keep a bp we come across, from the petstores with low heat and dry cages to the people on craigslist that house retics, burms and balls all in one cage and some how seem to be doing fine.

[blackcrystal22]

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Tubs are generally smaller so the ambient air temp and the cool side are the proper temperatures.

[DaveR]

I have two different heat sources, one UTH and a light with a 100W light bulb in it. As my BP stays in its hides (warm or cool) almost all the time, that is where I concentrate on temp/humid adjustments which in turn makes the rest of the enclosure obtain good numbers. I have only one BP, so I have her in a 30g tank which can be a pain to keep constant, but with patience and research the numbers will settle. With the system I use, I have had constant temp/humid numbers for quite some time now. (I am switching to a tub as soon as I build my racking system, and I will be back to the drawing board once again.)

Everyone is going to have a different opinion on this because we all live in different areas of the world/city/or even in the same house. My little one is currently in shed, so I have found in my current apartment, during this time of year, with my apartment heat at a constant 80, in a 30g tank away from any heat vents, with one UTH that covers about 1/3 of the tank, hooked up to a thermostat, one light fixture with a 100W light set to a timer for 12.5 hours a day, bi-daily misting, daily water change in the 9 inch ceramic bowl, a 1.5-2 inch moss bed above the UTH with aspen covering all, plastic covering over half of the top, my temp/humid numbers for my warm hide is 91-92/75-80%, cool hide 80-87/70-75% and ambient temp is approximately 87-90 day, 80-84 night with humid numbers staying between 65-75%. After the shed is complete things will change a bit, but the temps will stay the same. Now as soon as the snow flies, or spring/summer/fall rolls around Ill be adjusting my system again (if the numbers start changing). This works for me, but it probably will not work for you.

As long as you are getting the numbers you need for the environment you are attempting to simulate, you are doing great.

Cheers all, I really should be working...

[SlitherinSisters]

One here, flexwatt runs under the back of each tub. If you have a rack system it's not that hard to heat the tubs with only one heat source. Although, in the winter I run a space heater in the snake room to keep it around 70 degrees.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Heat tape for the hot side and oil filled heater to keep the snake room at 76-78 during the winter.